NEW FEATURE: a Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings chart which includes final Total Viewers for each show. We have a limited ability to make revisions to the format (a side-by-side comparison of morning and afternoon ratings isn’t doable, for example), but would appreciate any thoughts and comments.

FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted down 0.2 to 1.0, while ABC’s remained at 0.7. On NBC, THE CARMICHAEL SHOW rerun went down 0.1, and BOXING gained the same. CBS’s LIMITLESS rerun lost 0.1.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: As usual in the fall, COLLEGE FOOTBALL owned Saturday cable, with games and game-related programming taking up the top 6 slots, led by ESPN’s afternoon game at 1.12, with the primetime games at 0.97/0.73. That’s a big step down from last week’s primetime games at 2.77/1.11. Adult Swim’s anime slate continued to score, with its mix of originals and quasi-originals, although this was an off-week. DRAGON BALL Z ticked down to 0.66, with 1.32M total viewers. AKAME GA KILL slipped 0.03 to 0.53. MICHIKO & HATCHINI was down 0.04 to 0.45, with 990K total viewers. SWORD ART ONLINE edged down 0.02 to 0.42. NARUTO dropped 0.07 to 0.34, with 705K total viewers. ONE PIECE fell 0.05 to 0.34, with 675K total viewers. ATTACK ON TITAN lost 0.06 to 0.30, with 663K viewers. Elsewhere, Fox Sports 1’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT was at 0.43. COPS (Spike) dropped 0.06 to 0.37. DOCTOR WHO (BBCAmerica) plunged by half a point to 0.37. PIONEER WOMAN (Food) gained 0.05 to 0.30. AMERICA’S NEXT WEATHERMAN (TBS) rose 0.04 to 0.29. Hallmark’s CEDAR COVE was up 0.02 to 0.16. On Starz, SURVIVOR’S REMORSE lost 0.02 to 0.14, and BLUNT TALK shrank by another 0.02 to 0.03, with 179K total viewers.

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Saturday September 26, 2015

P18-49

P2+

Rank

Program

Net

Start

Mins

Rating

(000s)

1

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT L: LSU/SYRACUSE

ESPN

12:00 PM

225

1.12

3,204

2

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME L: TEXAS A&M/ARKANSAS

ESPN

7:15 PM

192

0.97

3,112

3

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT L

ESPN

3:45 PM

15

0.76

2,403

4

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME L: USC/ARIZONA STATE

ESPN

10:30 PM

193

0.73

2,144

5

COLLEGE GAMEDAY L: N/A

ESPN

9:00 AM

180

0.69

1,809

6

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME L: MISSISSIPPI STATE/AUBURN

ESPN2

7:31 PM

194

0.66

2,164

7

AKAME GA KILL

ADULT SWIM

12:30 AM

30

0.53

1,151

8

UFC FIGHT NIGHT L: BARNETT/NELSON

FOX SPORTS 1

10:00 PM

195

0.43

841

9

SWORD ART ONLINE II

ADULT SWIM

1:30 AM

30

0.42

863

10

COPS (O)

SPIKE TV

8:00 PM

30

0.37

1,115

11

DOCTOR WHO SEASON 9

BBC-AMERICA

9:00 PM

65

0.37

1,121

12

SPORTSCENTER MORNING L

ESPN

1:43 AM

60

0.36

913

13

HOUSE HUNTERS INTL RENO

HOME AND GARDEN TV

10:00 PM

60

0.36

1,484

14

GHOST ADVENTURES

TRAVEL CHANNEL

9:00 PM

60

0.36

859

15

PREMIER LEAGUE L: SUNDERLAND/MANCHESTER UNITED

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

9:57 AM

138

0.35

699

16

SATURDAY MOVIE III: MURDER IN MEXICO: BRUCE B

LIFETIME TELEVISION

8:00 PM

122

0.34

1,302

17

UNBROKEN: UNBROKEN

HBO PRIME

8:00 PM

137

0.32

1,076

18

SONIC BOOM

THE CARTOON NETWORK

7:00 AM

30

0.30

866

19

JAIL: LAS VEGAS

SPIKE TV

9:00 PM

30

0.30

1,104

20

PIONEER WOMAN

FOOD NETWORK

10:00 AM

30

0.30

1,218

21

AMERICAS NEXT WEATHERMAN

TBS NETWORK

11:00 PM

60

0.29

699

22

MILES FROM TOMORROWLAND

DISNEY CHANNEL

8:30 AM

25

0.29

1,499

23

SPORTSCENTER LATE L

ESPN2

10:45 PM

75

0.29

817

24

POKEMON THE SERIES XY

THE CARTOON NETWORK

8:00 AM

30

0.29

1,078

25

IYANLA, FIX MY LIFE

OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK

9:00 PM

60

0.29

816

26

PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

9:42 AM

15

0.28

489

27

COLL FTBL SCOREBOARD

ESPN

2:43 AM

60

0.28

622

28

GAME SHAKERS

NICKELODEON

8:30 PM

30

0.28

1,805

29

HENRY DANGER

NICKELODEON

8:00 PM

30

0.27

1,779

30

PREMIER LEAGUE L: CHELSEA/NEWCASTLE

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

12:27 PM

127

0.26

534

31

FARMHOUSE RULES

FOOD NETWORK

10:30 AM

30

0.26

1,095

32

SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L: N/A

ESPN

7:00 AM

120

0.25

615

33

PITBULLS AND PAROLEES

ANIMAL PLANET

10:02 PM

63

0.24

795

34

BRIAN REGAN: LIVE

COMEDY CENTRAL

9:00 PM

92

0.24

772

35

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

LIFETIME TELEVISION

10:02 PM

60

0.24

919

36

SPORTSCENTER 12AM L

ESPN2

12:00 AM

60

0.23

551

37

NFL MATCH-UP

ESPN

3:43 AM

30

0.23

512

38

LIGA MX SAT: AMERICA / GUADALAJARA

UNIVISION DEPORTES

5:49 PM

132

0.22

517

39

100 THINGS TO DO

NICKELODEON

9:00 PM

30

0.22

1,413

40

KITCHEN AT FN, THE

FOOD NETWORK

11:00 AM

60

0.22

1,074

41

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

9:00 PM

60

0.22

1,546

42

PITBULLS AND PAROLS RECAP

ANIMAL PLANET

9:01 PM

61

0.21

617

43

LIGA MX L

UNIVISION DEPORTES

8:01 PM

119

0.21

540

44

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT L: GEORGIA TECH/DUKE

ESPN2

12:00 PM

195

0.20

775

45

SPORTSCENTER 1AM L

ESPN2

1:00 AM

30

0.20

453

46

VALERIES HOME COOKING

FOOD NETWORK

12:00 PM

30

0.20

845

47

MIXELS

THE CARTOON NETWORK

5:00 PM

30

0.20

1,053

48

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT L: EAST CAROLINA/VIRGINIA TECH

ESPN2

3:30 PM

223

0.20

579

49

TWISTED TALES OF MY 9-5

INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY

10:00 PM

60

0.19

619

50

COLL FTBL SCOREBOARD L

ESPN2

3:15 PM

15

0.19

651

51

PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

12:15 PM

12

0.19

339

52

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

7:00 PM

60

0.18

1,321

53

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

8:00 PM

60

0.18

1,365

54

OPRAH: WHERE ARE THEY NOW

OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK

10:00 PM

60

0.18

576

55

NEIGHBORS (2014)

HBO PRIME

10:20 PM

96

0.18

370

56

PREMIER LEAGUE L: MANCHESTER CITY/TOTTENHAM

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

7:38 AM

124

0.17

397

57

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME L: VANDERBILT/OLE MISS

ESPNU

7:05 PM

221

0.17

499

58

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT L: SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI/NEBRASKA

ESPNEWS

12:00 PM

223

0.16

594

59

CEDAR COVE

HALLMARK CHANNEL

8:00 PM

60

0.16

2,047

60

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

5:00 PM

60

0.16

1,100

61

HALL ORIGINAL MOVIE: LOVE ON THE AIR

HALLMARK CHANNEL

9:00 PM

120

0.15

1,861

62

FOX SPORTS LIVE L

FOX SPORTS 1

1:15 AM

45

0.15

307

63

BARRETT JACKSON: N/A

DISCOVERY CHANNEL

4:00 PM

240

0.15

615

64

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

4:00 PM

60

0.15

1,062

65

COLL FTBL SCOREBOARD L

ESPN2

7:13 PM

18

0.15

440

66

INCREDIBLE DR POL

NAT GEO WILD

9:00 PM

60

0.15

967

67

COLL FTBL SCOREBOARD L

ESPN2

1:30 AM

60

0.14

350

68

ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

HBO PRIME

12:00 AM

98

0.14

286

69

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

6:00 PM

60

0.13

1,025

70

SURVIVORS REMORSE 2

STARZ PRIMARY

9:31 PM

27

0.13

355

71

SHIMMER AND SHINE

NICK JR

11:00 AM

30

0.13

576

72

SPIKE TV MOVIE: THE KARATE KID, PART III

SPIKE TV

2:34 PM

153

0.13

347

73

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

10:00 AM

60

0.13

1,003

74

PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

2:34 PM

26

0.13

235

75

GUARDIANS OF GALAXY

DISNEY XD

9:30 PM

60

0.13

514

76

CNN SPECIAL REPORT

CNN

10:00 PM

60

0.12

917

77

MLP EQU:FRNDSHIP GAME-M

DISCOVERY FAMILY CHANNEL

8:00 PM

90

0.12

436

78

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

3:00 PM

60

0.12

840

79

UNBROKEN: UNBROKEN

HBO PRIME

2:25 AM

137

0.12

252

80

PAID PROGRAM

USA NETWORK

7:00 AM

30

0.12

334

81

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT L: NORTH TEXAS/IOWA

ESPNU

3:30 PM

200

0.12

348

82

TIME MACHINE: TRUE CARIBBEAN PIRATES 232

HISTORY

10:00 AM

120

0.12

507

83

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

11:00 AM

60

0.12

1,022

84

UFC FS1 PRELIMS L: BARNETT/NELSON

FOX SPORTS 2

8:00 PM

120

0.12

270

85

PREMIER LEAGUE L: ARSENAL/LEICESTER CITY

USA NETWORK

10:00 AM

125

0.11

262

86

COLL FOOTBALL: BIG 12 L: MARYLAND/WEST VIRGINIA

FOX SPORTS 1

3:37 PM

185

0.11

408

87

PIRATE TREASURE OF KNIGHT

HISTORY

5:00 PM

60

0.11

597

88

TIME MACHINE: RETURN OF THE PIRATES

HISTORY

12:00 PM

120

0.11

417

89

NASCAR XFINITY RACE L: KENTUCKY

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

8:19 PM

183

0.11

933

90

PIRATE TREASURE OF KNIGHT

HISTORY

6:00 PM

60

0.11

629

91

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

2:00 PM

60

0.11

705

92

SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L: N/A

ESPN2

9:00 AM

180

0.11

255

93

BASEBALL TONIGHT L

ESPN2

2:30 AM

30

0.11

258

94

GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL

MSNBC

8:00 PM

60

0.11

475

95

FOOD PARADISES

TRAVEL CHANNEL

3:00 PM

60

0.11

352

96

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT L: UCF/SOUTH CAROLINA

ESPNU

12:00 PM

193

0.10

380

97

FOOD PARADISES

TRAVEL CHANNEL

2:00 PM

60

0.10

289

98

UNPLUGGED NATION

FYI

10:00 PM

61

0.10

253

99

TIME MACHINE: LEONARDO DAVINCIS BOOK OF SECRETS

HISTORY

3:00 PM

120

0.10

560

100

ESPN GOAL LINE L

ESPNEWS

3:43 PM

17

0.10

298

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MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.